Video: Why you can't recycle your pants—until now
Have you ever actually recycled a pair of pants or an old T-shirt?
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Oct 4, 2023
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Machine learning analysis of research citations highlights importance of federal funding for basic scientific research
Biomedical research aimed at improving human health is particularly reliant on publicly funded basic science, according to a new analysis boosted by artificial intelligence.
Education
Sep 19, 2023
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Video: How is ceviche 'cooked?'
What does it mean to have "cooked" something? Is heat the only way to break down proteins and transform raw ingredients?
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Sep 11, 2023
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Job crafting is key to improving crowdworking, says study
Busy writing texts, programming software or developing logos, crowdworkers have emerged as a small but growing part of the modern labor market. Task-oriented freelancers offer their services on online platforms. They usually ...
Economics & Business
Sep 5, 2023
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Climate-changing human activity could lead to 1 billion deaths over the next century, according to new study
If global warming reaches or exceeds two degrees Celsius by 2100, University of Western Ontario's Joshua Pearce says it is likely that mainly richer humans will be responsible for the death of roughly one billion mainly poorer ...
Environment
Aug 28, 2023
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More than 800 human-harvested shellfish species tend to be more resistant to extinction, study finds
In a new study, scientists Stewart Edie of the Smithsonian, Shan Huang of the University of Birmingham and colleagues drastically expanded the list of bivalve species, such as clams, oysters, mussels, scallops and their relatives, ...
Evolution
Aug 15, 2023
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Turning ChatGPT into a 'chemistry assistant'
Developing new materials requires significant time and labor, but some chemists are now hopeful that artificial intelligence (AI) could one day shoulder much of this burden. In a new study in the Journal of the American Chemical ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 10, 2023
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The 'unknome': A database of human genes we know almost nothing about
Researchers from the United Kingdom hope that a new, publicly available database they have created will shrink, not grow, over time. That's because it is a compendium of the thousands of understudied proteins encoded by genes ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 8, 2023
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Tiny scales reveal megalodon was not as fast as believed, but it had a mega-appetite explaining its gigantism
A new study reveals the iconic extinct Megalodon, or "megatooth shark," was a rather slow cruiser that used its warm-bloodedness to facilitate digestion and absorption of nutrients.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jul 13, 2023
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Researchers find 176 bird species using human-made materials in their nests—new research
Interactions between wildlife and plastic litter have been well documented in the sea. Think of seals entangled in netting or whales permanently attached to discarded fishing tackle, so-called "ghost gear."
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2023
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